From the Vault

What's happening with the Tomb of Joseph Museum? Are there any cool new historical updates with Nauvoo? What more can we learn about before, during, and after our visit?

Rachel Clayton

Mar 231 min read

Battle of Nauvoo

As thousands Latter-day Saints were leaving Nauvoo in 1846, a few hundred non-Mormon “New Citizens” moved in. By September, there were...

Rachel Clayton

Mar 231 min read

Nauvoo Temple

On January 19, 1841, Joseph Smith received a revelation commanding the building of the Nauvoo Temple and the Nauvoo House. William Weeks...

Rachel Clayton

Mar 231 min read

Relief Society

In early 1842, Margaret Cook and Sarah Granger Kimball determined to help the Nauvoo Temple building effort by sewing clothes for the...

Rachel Clayton

Mar 231 min read

Tomb of Joseph

Joseph Smith commissioned a two-chambered tomb for his family and for the family of his friend Sidney Rigdon. William Weeks (architect of...

Joseph Johnstun

Oct 2, 20232 min read

King Follett Discourse

On March 9, 1844, King Follett died in Nauvoo, eleven days after he was injured in a well-digging accident. Follett was among the first...

Joseph Johnstun

Oct 2, 20232 min read

The Mormon Battalion

In 1846, as the Saints were leaving the United States, Brigham Young sent Jesse C. Little to Washington DC to try to get aid from the...